Saturday, January 12, 2013

Common scents...

Why get samples of perfume before purchasing a larger bottle?
Perfumes absolutely must be tried on your skin in order to see how your own personal chemistry reacts with the mul-

titude of fragrances blended to create any one particular Perfume.
Everyone's chemistry is different, and what may smell gorgeous on one person, may smell just terrible on another.
For example; Many moons ago I was in search of a new fragrance. I had heard so much about "Shalimar" and how exotic it was, and that's exactly what I was looking for at the time. I went to the perfume counter of a large dept. store, and bought outright a bottle of it without even trying it on 1st. I sprayed some on me, and continued to browse through the store. I'm noticing this foul smell. I thought "there's no way it's me" but, I checked my wrist anyway. Alas, it was indeed the perfume. It smelled like (for lack of a nicer description) like a baby's poopie diaper.
How could such a reputable fragrance go south?!, I wondered but, it had nothing to do with them. It was my chemistry that disagreed with it.
My bad on not sampling it 1st.
Another reason to buy samples 1st, is again because you need to try it on.
Many perfumes are complex, and you may not pick up on the subtle middle and low notes just by sniffing the perfume out of the bottle. Top notes are what most large perfume houses count on to sell their fragrances but, after dry down, the top notes fade and you are left with the middle and base notes as the primary scents that linger on your skin. Complex perfumes morph and transmutate on your skin as time goes by. After about 5 minutes of applying the fragrance, you will know what it will smell like on you for the rest of the day.
Not every perfume works on everyone, and for the most part, many perfume fanatics (like myself), have many different moods when it comes to fragrances which is why I make so many :)
Each one my favorite of the moment, and just what I was in the mood for.
Written by Monica @ Enchanticals Perfume, January 2013

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It's true that we spend much time blending (some, what might sound like unusual combinations of) scents around here and if we didn't, we would not have such a fantastic, fragrant array of Perfume Oils to share with the world! Much care is put into blending the the right amount of each fragrance to create a perfume that smells so amazing and unique that you'll find people asking "Mmmmm what is that you're wearing?"

Our head "Nose" is also an Aesthetician which led her down the path of making the products with a high amount of Humectants (humectants attract moisture) to the each line, as well as trying to fit as many natural and harmless ingredients into them all. Our Bath and Body products are at least 95% all natural including our incredible Whipped Cream Body Butter and Sugar Scrub!

All of our products are both vegan and cruelty free!

The Body Sprays are Alcohol free, and made with a moisturizing body base that can be sprayed on both the body and the hair! You'll immediately feel the moisture once you spray them on. ( We don't like alcohol based product for the body around here much ).

We like to recommend that you purchase the sample sizes of the perfume oils to try them on your on your own chemistry. The sample sizes should last you for a good 7 applications, and at $2.50 you can stock up on just about every one we make :)